Simple Way To Create Consistent Silk Cores for Dubbing Brush
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 10:02 pm
I found a simple way of creating uniform lengths of silk thread for making dubbing brushes, without wasting a ton of silk thread. Simply wrap the thread around the Clark dubbing block (end-to-end) and your index finger (spacer), as shown in the photos below. This method makes it easy to make a set of silk cores to fill a card with brushes.
Grasp the dubbing block as shown, and trap the tag end of the silk under your index finger.
Wrap the silk around the block (end to end) and over the top of your index finger. The finger serves as a spacer, to add an extra length of silk, and form a gap to easily clip off the silk at the end of the process. Keep the wraps fairly loose, to avoid cutting off the circulation in your finger tip (like I did).
Continue making wraps (one wraps for each dubbing brush you want to make). In this case I wanted to have enough to fill one of Lance's handy-dandy cards, so I made twenty wraps.
View showing the backside of the dubbing block and the twenty lengths of silk (before trimming).
Slide the tip of your scissors into the gap at the edge of the block. Hold the silk strands with your thumb (frontside) and middle finger (backside). Cut all of the silk strands. They will all be uniform length, just long enough for making dubbing brushes.
Slide the strands of silk into the dubbing card, and your ready to get making dubbing brushes.
Grasp the dubbing block as shown, and trap the tag end of the silk under your index finger.
Wrap the silk around the block (end to end) and over the top of your index finger. The finger serves as a spacer, to add an extra length of silk, and form a gap to easily clip off the silk at the end of the process. Keep the wraps fairly loose, to avoid cutting off the circulation in your finger tip (like I did).
Continue making wraps (one wraps for each dubbing brush you want to make). In this case I wanted to have enough to fill one of Lance's handy-dandy cards, so I made twenty wraps.
View showing the backside of the dubbing block and the twenty lengths of silk (before trimming).
Slide the tip of your scissors into the gap at the edge of the block. Hold the silk strands with your thumb (frontside) and middle finger (backside). Cut all of the silk strands. They will all be uniform length, just long enough for making dubbing brushes.
Slide the strands of silk into the dubbing card, and your ready to get making dubbing brushes.
